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	<title>The Japan Times &#187; Rei Sasaguchi</title>
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		<title>Kabuki kicks off the new year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Jan 2013 00:00:08 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Audiences at the Asakusa Kokaido venue in Tokyo have been welcoming 2013 in with some high culture. Ichikawa Ebizo XI opened the public hall&#8217;s program for the new year with a 45-minute piece titled &#8220;Kotobuki Soga no Taimen&#8221; (&#8220;The Soga Brothers Meet their Enemy&#8221;). The day-long program of kabuki consists of two parts, the first [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A principal of noh performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 20 Sep 2012 00:00:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The upcoming &#8220;Sakurama Kinki no Kai&#8221; is the 19th noh event in a series of performances by Sakurama Kinki of the Komparu School. Of the five noh schools still active today, the Komparu School is the most traditional, though it has, interestingly, taken the progressive step of accepting women. The school evolved in the Yamato [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kabuki&#8217;s 10th Mitsugoro shows off his family&#8217;s dance moves</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 09 Aug 2012 00:00:01 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Bando Mitsugoro X (born Hisashi Morita, 56) succeeded to his current stage name 11 years ago, after the death of his father Mitsugoro IX. He was rigorously trained in Kabuki acting and dancing by his father, who had learned the trade under the renowned Onoe Kikugoro VI and Kikugoro&#8217;s head disciple, Onoe Shoroku. Mitsugoro is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Big theater names and &#8216;Super Kabuki&#8217;</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 05 Jul 2012 00:00:05 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[At the start of the performances at Tokyo&#8217;s Shimbashi Embujo Ichikawa theater in June this year, Kamejiro II (born Takahiko Kinoshi), 36, took the name Ichikawa Ennosuke IV, while his uncle Ichikawa Ennosuke III, famously known as the founder of &#8220;Super Kabuki,&#8221; took the name Ichikawa En&#8217;o II. Like his predecessor, the new Ennosuke is [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Hayashi drums up a birthday performance</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 00:01:12 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Eitetsu Hayashi, a pioneer in the field of taiko (traditional Japanese drumming), plans to showcase the results of 40 years of experience at a performance celebrating his 60th birthday next week. The program is called &#8220;Goringu: Ashita no tame ni&#8221; (&#8220;Five Rings: For Tomorrow&#8221;) a title derived from what Hayashi says are the universal elements [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Kabuki returns to its Asakusa home for special New Year&#8217;s performances</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 29 Dec 2011 00:02:53 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[As kabuki fans will already know, for more than 30 years, the Kokaido (public hall) in Asakusa has celebrated the Tokyo district&#8217;s history as a thriving entertainment area by reviving the Edo Period (1603-1867) tradition of New Year&#8217;s special kabuki performances. These shows have also become a great opportunity for younger actors to take on [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Tokyo gets five rare takes on Kyoto tradition</title>
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		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Aug 2011 00:02:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[The upcoming staging of NHK Enterprises&#8217; fifth &#8220;Gei no Shinzui&#8221; (&#8220;The Essence of Art&#8221;) series at the National Theatre in Tokyo promises a rare and rather sublime Kyoto treat for the capital&#8217;s lovers of traditional Japanese performing arts. Titled &#8220;Kyo no Miyabi&#8221; (&#8220;The Elegance of Kyoto&#8221;), the Aug. 23 production &#8212; which is in collaboration [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The legacy of kyogen&#8217;s Okura tigers</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 11 Feb 2011 00:01:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Noh, the Japanese theater form, is renowned for its highly stylized use of masks, elaborate costumes, literary and religious context, and difficult narratives. It&#8217;s also known for its incredibly long performances &#8212; traditionally taking up an entire day. Kyogen, short comic or satirical plays, served the purpose of breaking up those lengthy shows. And, like [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Young kabuki talent for the new year</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 14 Jan 2011 00:00:59 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Most know Asakusa in Tokyo for Sensoji Temple and its surrounding souvenir arcades, but during the late Edo Period it was also the show business district of downtown Edo. Three kabuki theaters authorized by the shogunate competed in Saruwaka-cho, not far from Asakusa&#8217;s Kokaido (public hall), and they offered special New Year kabuki performances, a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The history hidden behind the mask</title>
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		<pubDate>Fri, 15 Oct 2010 00:01:24 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Rei Sasaguchi</dc:creator>
		
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		<description><![CDATA[Kiyotaka Imai, 67, is a prominent noh performer from the Kongo School, which was established in the Kansai region during the 14th century, and headquartered in Kyoto. The son of the late Ikusaburo Imai, a Kongo noh master of the highest ranking (shokubun) and a designated Intangible Cultural Asset, Imai began to study noh while [...]]]></description>
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